2-D rotation behavior of a rigid ellipse in confined viscous simple shear: Numerical experiments using FEM

Tectonophysics

Volumn 379, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 127-137

  Taborda, R ^a   Antunes, J ^b   Marques, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confined flow; Elliptical inclusions; Non slipping interface; Numerical modeling; Rotation; Viscous simple shear

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCLUSION; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; TECTONOPHYSICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 1142304603     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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